Suppression of endogenous estrogen during development affects porcine epididymal sperm maturation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1122-1128

  McCarthy, Megan J ^a   At Taras, Eeman E ^a   Pearl, Christopher A ^a   Nitta Oda, Barbara S ^a   Roser, Janet F ^a   Conley, Alan J ^a   Berger, Trish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Aromatase; Boar; Estrogen inhibition; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LETROZOLE;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURVIVAL; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGENS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; MALE; OOCYTES; SPERM MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746601317     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20519     Document Type: Article

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